The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers is an entertaining Western by the quintessential oater duo of director John Ford and star John Wayne (The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo). As the years progress, the crowd grows larger that touts...
Category: 1950s
Rear Window (1954)
In my humble opinion, Rear Window is one of the true masterpieces of cinema. To this day, I can’t find one aspect of this film that doesn’t inspire a feeling of awe, from Hitchcock’s (Strangers on...
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Amateur tennis star Guy Haines (Granger, Rope) unwittingly enters into a bargain with lunatic Bruno Antony (Walker, Vengeance Valley) after a chance meeting on a train. The deal is that in order to avoid the motive aspect of...
The 400 Blows (1959) | Les Quatre Cents Coups
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) is the touching story of a young boy (Leaud) in Paris who is having a hard time staying out of trouble. His parents aren’t interested in him, while...
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Tony Wendice is a former tennis star whose wealthy wife is having an affair with an old friend of theirs. He plans on murdering her and getting her insurance money, and to facilitate shifting...
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Martians invade Earth for a better place to live, and seemingly no weapon the military can hurl at them can stop the UFOs. Impressive visuals are the real draw of this adaptation of the...